But when Paul appealed to be reserved for the decision of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I could send him to Caesar.”
At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them.
Then Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
But when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything of which to accuse my nation.